Gi­ant por­trait of tod­dler peers over U.S.-Mex­ico bor­der wall

Artist works to high­light the ‘El­lis Is­lands of to­day’

A Bor­der Pa­trol ve­hi­cle drives in front of a mu­ral in Te­cate, Mex­ico, just be­yond a bor­der struc­ture on Fri­day. A French artist aim­ing to prompt dis­cus­sions about im­mi­gra­tion erected a 65-foot-tall cut-out photo of a Mex­i­can boy, past­ing it to scaf­fold­ing built in Mex­ico.